20 Greatest Songs

~ Release by Roy Acuff (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1(Our Own) Jole Blon
2:39
2Write Me Sweetheart
2:20
3Waltz of the Wind
2:09
4I Saw the Light
cover recording of:
I Saw the Light
lyricist and composer:
Lewis E. Jones (hymnist) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) (from 1948 to present), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 1948 to present) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:05
5Will the Circle Be Unbroken
cover recording of:
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)
publisher:
Charles M. Alexander, Chicago, Illinois (gospel) (on 1907-04-30)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
A.P. Carter
lyricist:
Ada Ruth Habershon (in 1907)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1907)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1935-06-22)
version of:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
3:47
6As Long as I Live
recording of:
As Long as I Live
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
2:58
7Branded Wherever I Go
2:11
8The Great Speckled Bird
recording of:
The Great Speckled Bird
lyricist:
Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:
Roy Carter (country songwriter)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
1:09
9The Walbash Cannonball
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-01-28)
bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1947-01-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Magness (on 1947-01-28)
guitar:
Lonnie Wilson (US country guitarist, performed with Roy Acuff) (on 1947-01-28)
harmonica:
Jimmie Riddle (on 1947-01-28)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Pete Kirby (on 1947-01-28)
vocals:
Roy Acuff (on 1947-01-28)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 53)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (on 1947-01-28)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
32:37
10The Precious Jewel
recording of:
The Precious Jewel
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
3:15
11The Wreck on the Highway
recording of:
Wreck on the Highway (aka I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray)
lyricist and composer:
Dorsey Dixon
2:25
12Fireball Mail
recording of:
Fireball Mail
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-02-15)
2:09
13Wait for the Light to Shine
1:57
14Unloved and Unclaimed
2:26
15This World Can't Stand Long
recording of:
This World Can't Stand Long
writer:
Jim Anglin
2:18
16Once More
2:31
17So Many Times
2:19
18Come and Knock (On My Door of My Heart)
2:39
19Freight Train Blues
recording of:
Freight Train Blues
publisher:
John Lee Lair (on 1934-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Lair
2:03
20Back in the Country
2:15